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LAWS3383 Insurance Law
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The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
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| Credit: 6 points Availability: Semester 2 Old unit code: 200.383
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| Outcomes: Students are able to, through their knowledge of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984, (1) identify the relevant legal issues; (2) analyse the law in a relevant, logical and methodical manner; (3) apply the relevant law to the facts; and (4) persuade, by their reasoning process, why their conclusion in relation to a problem is the right one and why any insistent alternatives are not correct for the circumstances. |
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| Content: The Commonwealth of Australia Insurance Contracts Act 1984 made radical changes to Australian insurance law. In this unit, this Act is studied together with the common law and equitable concepts, insofar as they either assist with an understanding of the Act or are unaffected by it. |
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Assessment: This comprises a written essay (20 per cent), a group assignment and presentation (20 per cent) and a final open-book examination (60 per cent).
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
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| Unit Co-ordinator(s): Greg Pynt |
| Location: UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode: on-campus |
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| Prerequisites: LAWS1130 Legal Process |
Contact hours—seminars: 2 hrs per week
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Unit Web Page: http://www.uwa.edu.au/page/103468 |
| Note: Some unit web pages are still under construction and will be available in 2009. |
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Statutes
The Insurance Law Reader
Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cwlth)
Insurance Contracts Act Regulations
Recommended Reading
Australian Insurance Law Journal
ALRC Report No. 20 on Insurance Contracts
Birds, J. Modern Insurance Law, 6th ed.: Sweet & Maxwell 2004
CCH, Australian and New Zealand Insurance Reporter
Clarke, M. A. The Law of Insurance Contracts, 2nd ed.: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd 1989
Derham, S. R. Subrogation in Insurance Law: Lawbook Co. 1985
Derrington, D. S. and Ashton, R. S. The Law of Liability Insurance, 2nd ed.: Butterworths 2005
Kelly, D. and Ball, M. L. Principles of Insurance Law (online)
Mann, P. and Lewis C. Annotated Insurance Contracts Act, 4th ed.: Lawbook Co. 2003
Sutton, K. Insurance Law in Australia, 3rd ed.: LBC Information Services 1999
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Assistance with study skills, including English language skills,
is available free of charge from Student Services for all enrolled students
(see http://www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au/).
Student Services location: Second Floor, South Wing, Guild Village; telephone: 6488 2423. |
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Books and other material wherever listed may be subject to change.
Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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